so you wanna save world

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This article is for those of you that want to save the world. You know who you are---you watch the news everyday, dreaming of what it would be like to visit foreign countries and give aid to those that need it most. You want to cure hunger, AIDS, cancer. And most of all—you want to do it RIGHT NOW!

I’ve been asked several times, well…. more like many, many times…”How do you get involved in international aid work?” I’m a firm believer that you can do anything you set your heart and mind too, but getting involved in the global health arena is a monster of its own.

I should point out; I’m not the expert. Sure, I’ve had the incredible opportunity of joining local disaster relief efforts and volunteering abroad, but it took a lot of time, energy and resources. Its not a glamorous job really. The hours are long and hard. You learn to laugh about terms like “bucket shower” or “presumably editable.” It’s an emotional roller coaster that never quite ends. You miss things back home, and put personal and (sometimes) professional lives on hold while you travel to a place that is foreign and scary. You don’t speak the language, you don’t know where you’re going, and sometimes…. you loose some understanding of who you are. It’s a personal evolution.

At the same time, it’s exhilarating. There is nothing quite like the feeling of adrenaline landing in a new place with a mission to bring others hope. The food is exotic, and there are many new faces and places to explore. You get to work with some of the most compassionate people on earth, and its truly life affirming.

Sounds like something you still want to pursue?

Here is my 5-step program:

1) Do some real soul-searching. Ask yourself the really hard questions: Can I really pack up and leave my family? Am I in a place in my life where I have the resources to travel? (Regionally, Nationally or abroad) How will my family react to this? How will I support myself?

2) Once you have these questions worked out, do some research! Decide if you want to pursue employment, join the Peace Corps, or volunteer. Then identify some organizations/agencies that could match your interest.

3) Contact these agencies, and do a pre-screening. Find out what they require to become a volunteer/employee/intern etc. Start working towards any professional/academic gaps you may have.

4) Start volunteering NOW. Want to join World Vision someday? Start volunteering with them TODAY. Some of the world’s largest organizations are built upon the backs of volunteers. At the American Red Cross, over 90% of its workforce are volunteers. The best knowledge to help you with disaster relief/global health is hands-on experience, which can only come from jumping in with both feet.

5) Finally, network, network, and network! Take every opportunity, from internships to paid volunteer work to get involved, and hopefully put a foot in the door. Take classes that are pertinent to your field (some are offered free of charge by sponsoring organizations) and build your support system. It’s a long, sometimes tedious process. But if you’re motivated, flexible and willing to give----it’s going to happen. And when it does, you will truly be making a difference.

If you still have questions, feel free to comment here. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

REASONS FOR GLOBAL WARMING

 

•    Increase in green house gases such as methane, carbon di oxide, nitrogen oxide etc
•   Increased emission of carbon di oxide concentration in air due to the emission from cars, air planes industries etc
•    Deforestation
•   Chloro fluoro carbons emitted from refrigerators, air conditioners etc
•   Pollution
•   Burning fossil fuels
•  The list not ends here, without knowing we pollute our earth in many ways, so as a human beings it is our responsibility to save our earth from global warming.

China feels the hot global warming

There were floods in China itself. Fires and unprecedented hot weather raged through Siberia and other parts of Russia, including a formerly glacial area north of China. In any case, one could easily surmise many likely consequences of global warming around China. Tibetan glaciers could slowly melt, causing floods in all directions: in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Indochina, along the Mekong River, and then in China proper. Whole areas in South Asia - possibly large parts of  Bangladesh Could be flooded.

Land would then materially shrink in regions that are already some of the most densely populated and the poorest on the globe.

Health in Indonesia got affected due to climate change

According to WHO, Climate change is responsible for 2.4 percent of all cases of diarrhea worldwide and for 2 percent of all cases of malaria. “There is growing evidence that changes in global climate will have profound effects on the health and well-being of citizens in countries throughout the world. In Europe this past summer, for example, an estimated 20,000 people died due to extremely hot temperatures.

                                                                       In addition, WHO stated that global warming has also triggered allergic and respiratory diseases? Global warming seriously affects human health

All plants are our brothers and sisters!

All plants are our brothers and sisters. They talk to us and if we listen, we can hear them. - Arapaho

Cigarette smoke pollutes air

Cigarette smoke, most of you might have thought it doesn’t pollute the environment. As a cigarette burns and its smoke is released, tiny particles of the more than 4,000 chemicals packed into the cigarette are released into the air. Cigarette Smoke is Not Clean, while some of the chemicals found in cigarettes are burned off during the smoking process, many survive and even more are created. Arsenic and tar, for example, cannot be broken down by the heat of the cigarette; these chemicals are simply carried into the air as particulates in the cigarette's smoke.

The actual process of smoking, too, generates additional dangerous compounds such as carbon monoxide; the creation of these gasses further pollutes the air around a burning cigarette. he smoke that is inhaled by the smoker can not be totally absorbed by the lungs, so it is released with small amounts of the original pollutants plus trace amounts of the smoker's bodily fluids. 

The particles float upward on the cigarette's smoke and they dissipate into the surrounding air to produce pollution. Many of the particles and bodily fluids produced during the smoking process are short lived, so the greatest pollution effect is in the area immediately surrounding the smoker.  So my dear friends and brothers who smoke, please stop smoking, as it not only pollutes the environment, it also make a harmful impact on your health.

Large animals are in danger!

Recently a census was taken in marine life and it has found that large sea animals and marine mammals have declined 90% and the most endangered species are blue whale and sea turtle.  The species are in danger due to the decline of phytoplankton and more consumption of sea food by human beings. A research was conducted by 2,700 scientists in 80 counties across the world.